Heena Sidhu, Anu Raj Singh bag gold in shooting
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (ndtv): Indian shooters bagged a gold medal and two silvers in just an hour on Tuesday. Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh won the yellow metal in the women's 10 metre air pistol pairs event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range here, giving India its 31st gold medal in the 19th Commonwealth Games and the 14th from shooting.
In the women's 10 metre air pistol, India, Australia and Canada were tied for the gold with 759 points. Canada got the bronze on the basis of lesser number of perfect 10s, they shot 14, while India and Australia had 21 each. India bagged the gold on the basis of count-back.
Heena (384) and Annu (375) clinched the 14th gold medal from the shooting range. The silver went to Australian shooters Dina Aspandiyarova (384) and Pamela McKenzie (375) and Canadian duo Dorothy Ludwig (380) and Lynda Hare (379) settled for the bronze.
In the women's 10 metre air pistol, India, Australia and Canada were tied for the gold with 759 points. Canada got the bronze on the basis of lesser number of perfect 10s, they shot 14, while India and Australia had 21 each. India bagged the gold on the basis of count-back.
Heena (384) and Annu (375) clinched the 14th gold medal from the shooting range. The silver went to Australian shooters Dina Aspandiyarova (384) and Pamela McKenzie (375) and Canadian duo Dorothy Ludwig (380) and Lynda Hare (379) settled for the bronze.